Beef Taco Meat - Walking Tacos

I am SOOOOO thrilled that I can now make Taco Meat in my slow cooker!  And let me tell you this, you do NOT have to brown the meat first. That's right!  You need not dirty any additional pans in your house!!!!!!  I know, right?!!!!  I was doing the happy dance too!  You'll probably never make taco meat any other way again now that you'll know how to make it in your slow cooker!

This is PERFECT for parties!  Recently, we had a Progressive Dinner in our Neighborhood.  It was super fun!  You can read all about it here!  To make a long story short, we hosted the main course at our house of Walking Tacos.  I served the Beef Taco Meat as one of our meat options.  The other meat option I served was Salsa Ranch Chicken with Black Beans.

The Taco meat was incredibly delicious! Best of all, MUCH lower in sodium than just dumping a package of taco seasoning onto your ground beef!  I came up with my own taco seasoning and I think you'll love it!

I hope you try this!  It would be a super fun family meal!

Beef Taco Meat - Walking Tacos

Ingredients:

2 lbs. ground beef

2 tsp. garlic powder

2 tsp. onion powder

1 Tbsp. Cumin

2 Tbsp. Chili Powder

1 tsp. salt

1 small onion, minced (I used  1 tsp. of Tastefully Simple Onion Onion instead)

1 clove garlic, minced (I used 1 tsp. of Tastefully Simple Garlic Garlic instead)

1/2 tsp. oregano

1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes

Directions: (I used a 2 Quart Crock for this)

Place all of your spices in a bowl and mix it up.

"Crumble" your raw ground beef into your crock.

Sprinkle your seasoning onto your beef and stir it up.

Cook HIGH for 1 hour to "brown" the beef a bit.  Stir it up and break it up a bit.  Then, cook it on LOW for 5-6 hours, or on HIGH for 2.5-3 hours.
I took out quite a bit of grease before serving.  My husband said "But that's where all the flavor is!"  but I'm here to tell you, it was STILL plenty flavorful!

To make these into Walking Tacos, buy little bags of Doritos (any variety) and put out a variety of toppings.  

Guest each take a bag of Doritos, open it up and crush up the chips.  They then fill it with meat of their choice and toppings of their choice.  Stir it up, and that's it!

ENJOY!